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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!portc01.blue.aol.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: ngocquynh@aol.com (Ngocquynh) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Post-installation Housekeeping error, please help Date: 16 Jul 1996 23:53:34 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 16 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4sho3u$7f9@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: ngocquynh@aol.com (Ngocquynh) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Hello, I'm following the instructions on page 59 of the book Installing and Running FreeBSD to create a symbolic link /var to point to /usr/var. But when I entered # tar cf - . | (cd /usr/var; tar xf - ) as specified in the book, it said: tar: unknown option. Use 'tar --help' for a complete list of options. What's wrong with that command? Your help would be appreciated. Andy